Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Lee Isaac Chung

Lists

100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey

The Best Movies of 2024: Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Sticker NCT 127
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis
XXX Danny Brown
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Vice Principals
Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham

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